Draws on narratives of African-Canadian high school students about the relevancy of the social studies curriculum. Reports that students indicated that the curriculum distorts and excludes their histories, contributions, and lived experiences. Indicates the nuanced insights into curriculum, power, and knowledge to be gained from critical analysis…

Investigates how the Rape of Nanking is reported in 88 Japanese high school history textbooks authorized by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Analysis of language used in the textbooks reveals that a consistent language pattern isolates knowledge of the Rape of Nanking from Japan and the Japanese. (Author/PAL)

Investigates the extent to which present Portuguese elementary school reform introduces fundamental changes in the discourses and competences it values. Finds that changes suggest an increasing valuation of the regulative dimension of learning. Points to a recontextualizing within the syllabi in the direction of blurring the changes observed.…

Explores the rapid growth of academic examinations in physical education (PE) and sports studies. Considers if such growth represents a new orthodoxy rather than merely a consensus of thought and practice among PE teachers. Concludes that the increase results from the academicization and professionalism of PE and qualifies as an orthodoxy. (PAL)

Reports on difficulties currently experienced by educational sociologists in England. Analyzes recent official attacks on sociologically informed research in education. Investigates the changing relationship between sociologists of education and policymakers. Argues for a strong re engagement with education as an arena of sociological inquiry.…

Reflects on issues that arise when preservice teachers are introduced to lesbian and gay concerns in school. Explores preservice teachers' resistance, commonly espoused attitudes and beliefs, and teacher educators' difficulties in challenging myths, stereotypes, and biases. Highlights the perceived irrelevance of gay and lesbian issues to…

Explores how gender and class subjectivity is embodied by Australian secondary-school students through interviews with two young people. Examines the developmental aspect of identity formation, addressing the impact of feminism on gender change. Focuses on the subjectivity-school relation by exploring the interactions between individual…

Argues that higher education is a difficult choice for English working-class students and that the advantages and disadvantages of higher education are unequally distributed among members of different social classes. Presents a study of non-participant Londoners (n=109), ages 16-30, from a range of working-class backgrounds. Includes references.…

Reports on the impact of managerialist discourse on the lives of United Kingdom primary school teachers prior to and in the year following Office For Standards in Education (OFSTED) inspections. The study found teachers indicating that, one year after inspection, there has been no lasting impact on what they do in the classroom. (CMK)

Reports on a study of "parent evenings," or parent-teacher consultations, examining the structure using audio-recordings. Identifies similarities with doctor-patient consultations. Argues that teachers do not maintain control of the conferences and that issues of power, identity, competence, and moral conflict are at stake. (CMK)

Examines the experience of Tasmanian teachers who gave accounts of increased workloads in the 10 years between 1984 and 1994. States that they reported working longer hours, teaching more students, and having increased professional, pastoral, and administrative duties. Highlights the reason for the increased workload. Includes references. (CMK)

Explores the effects of football (soccer) in the social construction of hegemonic masculine practices among a group of Year 6 English junior school boys. Argues that football (soccer) acts as a model for the boys in which they utilize the game as a means of constructing, negotiating, and performing their masculinity. (CMK)

Examines whether there is a connection among various elements of the middle class with educational pathways. Explores data gathered during a longitudinal research project. Indicates that educational pathways influence occupational locations, while school sector may contribute to whether one selects employment in the public or private sector.…

Explores the gender differences in achievement in New Zealand secondary schools within English, mathematics, and science. Examines the achievement of girls in single-sex versus coeducational schools. Utilizes data from a longitudinal study of 37 schools and national-level data from the New Zealand Ministry of Education and the National…

Examines how the restructuring of Australia's university system and the introduction of corporate managerialism has changed the work performed by academic staff. Illustrates how there is more regulation of academic work due to the emergence of higher education as an export industry and a vehicle for more competitiveness. Includes references. (CMK)